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Review: Certified Chicago house authenticity: Mojuba revive Badie's 1995 EP "Bernard Badie Volume IV" just in time for summer. Still shining with pure positivity, each cut slaps with jacking soul from the lolloping fretless bass and jaunty pianos of "Groove In You" to the dreamy stutters, bends and glitches of "Que" by way of the staccato bass and punctuated keys of "Stand Alone" and looped vocal hypnosis of "Stressed Out". 22 years deep and still sparkling.

Review: Mojuba is a real stamp of quality when it comes to more traditional house sounds with a heavy US bent. This new EP is another standout in that mood with Chicago original Bernard Badie behind the beats. It's a fiery one to start thanks tot he yelping female vocals that busy out of the mid tempo house drums. After that party-starting opening gambit comes the more wonky 'Bounce' with its tanging sound effects and taught bass. 'This Track' explores a slightly garage-tinged sound with scraping hits and swinging drums and last of all is 'Open Up' which is a heads down gem for the afters.

Review: A return to the classy Mojuba imprint (that canvas patch on the sleeve will never fail to impress) for Bernard Badie with Bones, a typically idiosyncratic slant on the Chicago sound. Enlisting the vocal talents of Muphan for the title track, Badie utilises them as the rhythmic thrust over a richly detailed percussive track. It's an intriguing production that shows how much can be accomplished with just a few elements. Badie has fun on the flip with a Bonus Beats version, and it's joined by an edit of an old Badie jam from Mojuba stalwart Oracy. Originally out in 1991 "Party Jacktrack" drips with the kind of rawness you'd expect and makes for a fine finish to this smart release.

Review: Fresh from Utrecht, Blue Closet makes his debut on Mojuba with two startling originals; "To The Ocean Floor" lives up to its name with big pad washes and beats that shuffle like an old Rolando joint. Immersive and captivating, it's the perfect set opener that allows you to take any direction you wish. Flip for "Dreaming Of Paradise", a yearning, barbed soul cut that's reminiscent of Lee Burridge 15 years ago but at around half the tempo. Powerful and dreamy, it's complemented by a bubbling version from Oracy that blows Closet's doors off. More please, Bluey.

Review: The title says it all with this gathering of Chez Damier gems for the Mojuba label which features the man himself looking rather content with life on the cover. First up is "A Dedication To Joss", one of the finest moments Ralph Lawson has ever been involved in with its instantly recognisable vocal snaps and crafty construction. Then two mixes of "Forever" with Stacey Pullen draw on the evergreen "Forever Monna" riff and work it amongst some chunkier basslines and drums to bring different slants to a legendary house riff. Last but by no means least is the classic Chez and Ron Trent collaboration "Don't Try It". Don't sleep!

Review: Chez Damier's timely resurrection via the Mojuba imprint has been one of the most revelatory things to happen in house music over the last ten years. While the man's heritage spoke for him, an endless slew of timeless gold for Prescription, the German label have opened the eyes of many young listeners to the power of Damier. For this latest 12", the producer is re-produced from some of the imprint's casuals; Oracy's opening edit of "Mental Breakdown" is the bomb here, a fine example of what real DEEP house should be about - everything from the percussion to the groove and synths is perfectly interlocked and absolutely devastating as it rolls out more and more of its 4-bar loops. Jeff & Greg's 'classic' remix of "Never" is a bumpy, amicable Chicago banger, but legend St Germain drops some real funk on his own re-work of the tune. Essential house gear!

Review: February & Mars are a "West Coast duo" that blends yacht rock, synth-pop, Balearic and analogue disco influences into a tactile, huggable style they call "spaced-out soul". This is their debut album, following a solitary 12" release way back in 2010. It's a predictably enjoyable debut, with the duo also touching on blue-eyed soul ("Jump City"), Claremont 56-ish nu-Balearica ("Lick The Bag"), and dewy-eyed Italo-disco ("Desert Winds") as well as their openly discussed influences. Their impassioned, often melancholic vocals dreamily flit in and out of the mix throughout, frequently rubbing shoulders with tumbling guitar solos, enveloping synthesizer chords and shirtless, muscular arpeggios.

Review: So far, the best part of Jouem's career seems to have been shaped by the Mojuba imprint, a label that rarely ever puts in something below excellent, and one whose label heads curate diligently. The shady artist returns with the fifth instalment of the series, and "Anomalous Diffusion" kicks it off with a deep, meandering pulse that showcases the best of what dubby house has to offer; on the flip, "Kazumi Cycle" strips the whole amalgam down to a mystical and pensive whirlpool of fuzzy bass waves and slow drum machine beats that are wrapped in a misty fog of sonics. "Contagion" is our favourite piece, its subtle addition of semi breaks at the core give it something special, and place it a step above any other recent house turn we've heard. This is some deep gear - we can't wait for the sixth chapter!

Review: Nick Sole is back on Mojuba! If you ever asked yourself how deep-house should sound like, now you have the chance to experience. The a-side of "World Dubbing" is an epic ocean of the deepest house sounds that will blow you away with its hypnotic organic feel and harmony. The b-side is a dancefloor shaking drum track with a catchy dubby atmosphere. Get it while you can!

Review: Mojuba's artist list is, to put in mildly, impressive. Ron Trent, Chez Damier, Sven Weisemann and the Contigo EP man himself, Nick Sole. Dubby, deep and mature house is their thing and after some recent works on Faux Pas Music, Nick is presenting three fresh tracks in the lead up to his anticipated album. The EP kicks off with "Contigo" which exudes the aforementioned Mojuba qualities in abundance and is whispered sexily throughout. On the B1 "Welcome To the Aiport" is based on much of the same; intelligent basslines, delicate and meandering synths, rapid shakers - damn good deep house basically, although this time a humorous airport announcement outro plays its part! "Houston" gives the EP a punchier atmosphere with crunchy samples, although its general feel follows its predecessors. Low slung, hypnotic and melting; every inch screams Mojuba.

Review: East German producer Karten Kaufman dons his Nick Sole hat to deliver a first full-length for the Mojuba label. Sole has been around the deep house scene since the mid 2000s, but has little more than a handful of 12" singles to his name. Clearly, he's a perfectionist. This attention to detail is evident on Flowers For You, which offers clean, atmospheric deep house with all the warming breeziness of a Mediterranean sea breeze. There are, of course, more muggy moments - see the double bass and twinkling chords of "Money" or the chunky "Deep Sundown" - but the overriding feel is relentlessly sunny.

Review: Following a scattering of 12" singles for Mojuba, overlooked Japanese deep house boffin Stereociti (aka Ken Sumitani) unveils his debut album. For those who have yet to succumb to the delightful charms his delicious productions, this album is a smart place to start. Sumitani's take on deep house is inspired as much by Japanese ambient and electronica as German dub techno and minimal, yet his productions are always rich, full and lightly melodic. It's a sound that that lends itself well to the album format. Kawasaki beautifully meanders along, sounding at times alien and otherworldly ("Kawasaki", "Expanses"), warm and quietly comforting ("A Day"), and blissfully dubbed-out and introspective (the dub wise "Klass").

Review: Japanese producer Ken "Stereociti" Sumitani has been a regular contributor to Don Williams' Mojuba label since 2009. Rain, though, is his first single for the imprint since 2012, and his first outing of any sort for a year. Predictably he's in fine form, attempting to go deeper than many would think humanly possible. The title track - blessed with samples of raindrops falling on a window - is particularly delicious, with Sumitani layering soft electronics and alien melodies over a locked-in, Detroit-influenced deep house groove. The more percussive and undeniably bass-heavy "Ahead", which comes with just a whisper of ragged acid - is, if anything, even deeper. Neither, though, can hold a candle to "Process of Decay", a deep tech-house shuffler that sounds like it was recorded several kilometres below the floor of the world's deepest ocean.

Review: These are the first fruits of musical excellence from Japanese producer Stereociti in 2010, and it's been worth the wait. Once again surfacing on the Mojuba imprint, this release launches gently into outer space with the title track "Cosmoride". A main riff of heavily compressed keys is the melodic centre around which Stereociti builds a wall of layered percussion propelled by heavy kicks, with the ever rising synth washes providing the atmospheric intent. The placid reverberant deepness of "Tsukayga" offers a more downbeat moment, thanks to pensive rhythmic swirls that siphon out over crisp 808 beats.

Review: "Cabana Fever", by Sven Weisemann, another smoking late night techno excursion from the always reliable Mojuba stable, with a dose of old school-minded tribal funk on the a-side featuring layers upon layers of handclapping, percussive beats and ripping organ chords.

Review: The masterful Sven Weisemann returns to the album format with Inner Motions, his second long player of a storied career as a producer of supple, genteel house music. It's released, naturally, on the Mojuba label whose sound has been defined by Weisemann and compatriot Nick Sole, and offers an extensive demonstration of the Berlin based producer's capacity to combine heart wrenching musicality with the crisp dynamism needed for club play. Arriving in some typically luxuriant packaging from Mojuba, Inner Motions is apparently "inspired by electronic music's classic and timeless albums of the early and mid 90s" and its 12 tracks form part of a greater whole. As intoxicating a listening experience it is, Weisemann has still ensured some of the music here can be equally powerful out of the collective context with "Rejection" and "Evolver" notable highlights.

Review: The masterful Sven Weisemann returns to the album format with Inner Motions, his second long player of a storied career as a producer of supple, genteel house music. It's released, naturally, on the Mojuba label whose sound has been defined by Weisemann and compatriot Nick Sole, and offers an extensive demonstration of the Berlin based producer's capacity to combine heart wrenching musicality with the crisp dynamism needed for club play. Arriving in some typically luxuriant packaging from Mojuba, Inner Motions is apparently "inspired by electronic music's classic and timeless albums of the early and mid 90s" and its 12 tracks form part of a greater whole. As intoxicating a listening experience it is, Weisemann has still ensured some of the music here can be equally powerful out of the collective context with "Rejection" and "Evolver" notable highlights.

Review: You can always depend on Berlin imprint Mojuba for quality deepness. Sven Weisemann has been a longtime staple of the label and presents his new four tracker. "Interface Jitter" gets things off to a flying start with its catchy melody offset by a tough and shuffling rhythm. He then serves up some proper and utterly sublime early '90s ambient house stylings on "Sparkling". On the flip is "Motion Capture", getting back into the emotive deepness with smooth melodies, dark chords and nice splashes of dub chords for added drama. The dub version "Motion Beats" gets well funky by comparison!

Review: German artist Sven Wesiemann likes to keep it deep and always manages to cook up fine grooves form the most bare sonic essentials. This second volume of his dubbed out minimal, techno and techno tools is another vital resource for those who share a smiler outlook. All six cuts are expertly reduced, perfect warm and damn hypnotic when played loud in the right club. The subtle details - a heart wrenching chord, alluring vocal, deft rhythmic twist - are what evaluate these above mere fodder. They come in a nice screen-printed sleeve too so do not sleep.